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Russians at the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympics undertook doping tests in different rooms to athletes from other countries, and were only held for three-to four minute intervals, a top Norwegian skier has claimed as suspicion grows over illegal drug-use during the Games.

International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Honorary Board member Maria Guleghina has claimed the Winter Paralympics in Sochi had a "great impact" on attitudes towards the disabled in Russia one year on from the Opening Ceremony of the Games.

Stars of the Sochi 2014 Canadian Paralympic team and the country's broader Paralympic Movement were celebrated at the 2014 Canadian Paralympic Sports Awards ceremony at the Eaton Chelsea Hotel in Toronto today.

Creators of the Samsung accessibility map mobile application have announced that the service continues to be expanded and updated across Russia in the wake of the 2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Sochi.

April 29 - Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex, hosted a special reception at the offices of the British Paralympic Association (BPA) in London today to congratulate the ParalympicsGB squad who competed at the Sochi 2014 Winter Games.

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At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.

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